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A COMPOSITION DESIRED.

BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 31.--The composition meeting in the matter of F. Shaw Brothers, under the act of composition passed by the last Legislature, was held at East Cambridge on Thursday. Nearly $3,000,000 of claims were offered for proof, which indicates that the creditors desire a composition as offered by the firm.

November 01, 1884

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